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Screen misalignment?

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Is your G300 screen misaligned, with the top few pixels (those closest to the Huawei logo) chopped off?

To see if this is the case on your G300, without having to install any extra apps, do the following:

Run the stock Calculator app (in the Tools folder by default) and turn the screen to landscape, with the Huawei logo on the left. If you have the screen misalignment problem you'll notice that the curved corners on the left-hand edges of the left-most buttons are cut off, but the curved corners are fine on the right-most buttons. If you rotate it to the other landscape orientation, so that the Huawei logo is on the right, you'll see the same except cutting off the curved corners on the right-hand edges.

Edit: added pictures, click to enlarge:

This is a screenshot taken from within the device itself, where you'll see that button corners are supposed to be round on both left and right. You'll also notice that the buttons are right up to the very edges of the screen, which is why the Calculator app is a good test for this (most apps don't draw right up to the edges):

Photo of how Calculator really looks in device in landscape with Huawei logo to left:

Photo of how Calculator really looks in device in landscape with Huawei logo to right:

Not pictured, so you'll have to take my word for it, are how things appear at the other end of the screen, by the capacitive buttons. There the Calculator buttons do show their rounded corners, so the problem is just at the top end of the screen, by the Huawei logo.

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To see if you have the screen misalignment problem on your G300, without having to install any extra apps, do the following:

Run the stock Calculator app (in the Tools folder by default) and turn the screen to landscape, with the Huawei logo on the left. If you have the screen misalignment problem you'll notice that the curved corners on the left-hand edges of the left-most buttons are cut off, but the curved corners are fine on the right-most buttons. If you rotate it to the other landscape orientation, so that the Huawei logo is on the right, you'll see the same except cutting off the curved corners on the right-hand edges.

I've added a poll - please indicate whether or not you have this problem.

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I've just checked mine using the calculator as you suggested and I'm glad to say that mine is perfectly centered. With the phone in landscape mode the curved edges of the buttons are exactly the same at both edges.

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I've just checked mine using the calculator as you suggested and I'm glad to say that mine is perfectly centered. With the phone in landscape mode the curved edges of the buttons are exactly the same at both edges.

Interesting. I'm wondering whether a certain batch / few batches had this problem and it was resolved? Or whether it's software related.

What rom are you on? Upgraded to b888 via update.app?

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I've just popped into a Vodafone shop and their demo model had exactly the same problem, using the Calculator test. I'm pretty sure it's a hardware problem rather than a software (ROM) one, given the reports of it happening in CWM which runs before the ROM.

It's interesting that some people are saying theirs is OK, though. I'm in two minds what to do now. I was going to try and get it replaced, but it sounds like it's more likely than not that the replacement will have the same problem!

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Thanks for checking. Mine was B882 updated ota to b885. I didn't upgrade to b888 though.

Other people have said their screen looks physically in the wrong position but not me. My screen is completely centered in the casing. There is room where the screen finishes and the case starts, and this is the same distance all around the phone.

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Is there an easy way to do a screenshot? I think viewed elsewhere would show if it's displaying the pixels and just can't be seen on visible area of screen or if there is an odd software offset to the display.